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Public-interest campaign

Safe by default

Every member and family protects their accounts and knows how to spot phishing and impersonation.

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Status
Proposed
Milestones
1 of 3
Countries
All
Decision
D10

01Why it matters

Iranians abroad are targeted for who they are. Phishing is one documented method, and passkeys with careful habits protect against it.

  • Freedom House documents transnational repression by several states, including Iran and Turkey, against people abroad: threats, family coercion, digital attacks and phishing.

    Freedom House, Transnational Repression Secondary source

02What we ask

  1. 1

    Take the digital safety course.

  2. 2

    Switch your main accounts to passkeys or an authenticator app.

  3. 3

    Report impersonation of the organisation or its members.

03Milestones

  1. Digital safety course outlinedDone
  2. Safety clinics run by ChaptersPlanned
  3. Guide translated into the community’s languagesPlanned

04Where

Every country programme.

05Learn

  • Information security · Foundations

    Digital safety for families

    Practical protection for families who may be watched, phished or pressured because of who they are.

    Wave 1 · 8 h Outline drafted

06Rules this campaign keeps

  • Non-partisan. IDCDC does not campaign for or against any party, candidate, faction or armed actor.
  • No fundraising. Campaigns never collect or route money.
  • No pressure. Nobody is told how to vote, answer or believe.
  • Lawful everywhere. Every action is legal where it takes place.
  • Safe by design. No lists of supporters are published. You choose what you share.
  • Evidence first. Every claim carries its source and label.
Cite this page
APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Safe by default. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/civic/campaigns/safe-by-default/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Safe by Default.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/civic/campaigns/safe-by-default/.

BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_civic_campaigns_safe_by_default,
	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Safe by default},
	url = {https://iranians.global/civic/campaigns/safe-by-default/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/civic/campaigns/safe-by-default/},
}

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07Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. Detection of phishing attacks in Iranian e-banking using a fuzzy–rough hybrid system

    Gholam Ali Montazer, Sara ArabYarmohammadi · 2015 · Applied Soft Computing

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  2. Cyber-Activists As Innovators: Online Technologies and the Power Struggle in Iran

    Arash Anghaei · 2016 · UEL Research Repository (University of East London)

    ThesisOpenAlexOpen access

  3. Identifying the critical indicators for phishing detection in Iranian e-banking system

    Gholam Ali Montazer, Sara ArabYarmohammadi · 2013 · The 5th Conference on Information and Knowledge Technology

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  4. Deterring Iran’s Use of Offensive Cyber: A Case Study

    Michael Connell · 2014 · Defense Technical Information Center

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  5. London Calling: Two-Factor Authentication Phishing from Iran

    John Scott-Railton, Katie Kleemola · 2015 · TSpace (University of Toronto)

    ReportOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY-SA

  6. Cyberspace as a domain of conflict: The case of the United States – Iran and North Korea

    Dejan Vuletić, Miloš Milenković, Anđelija Đukić · 2021 · Vojno delo

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

Sources, licences and fetch dates: OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.